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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
7
The French and German governments coordinate through Washington to exchange prisoners of war. James W Gerard has cabled German consent. Lists of British and German prisoners will be shared, including their condition, with periodic updates and authorized letters parcels and money orders for prisoners to be transmitted.
Rome reports Germany presses Italian readers with a wide distribution pamphlet titled The Truth About the War. The piece cites collaborators Count Ernest von Reventlow naval expert Mathias Erberg leader of the clerical center in the Reichstag and Joseph Naumann and Count Oppendorf as Reichstag members. It claims German energy aims to win and invites Italians to do so.
London dispatch from Bordeaux reports German ranks include boys under 16. A wounded 15 year nine month student said all students over 15 had been mobilized into different regiments.
Berlin dispatch reports the German general staff saying the battle along the Circe and Meuse continues, with signs the enemy is weakening. Verdun sorties were repulsed and airships performed well. Crown Prince William calls for woolen goods and tobacco aid. Russian forces under Rennenkampf retreat after German flanking success near Lyck and the Mazurian lakes.
A derailed Queen and Crescent train No 2 near Klondyke switch in Livingston Alabama at 3 am killed engineer William Jones of Birmingham. Ten dead and thirty injured as a relief train moved in from Meridian. Wrecker theories suggest switch tampering and a light issue amid dispatches identifying several injured and unnamed victims.
Berliner Tageblatt relays German commander sentiments on a lengthy west front struggle noting defensive justification amid shifting Paris Verdun positions. Captain Schieckert describes East Prussia fighting with battery fire and a moving German infantry advance, likening battlefield sounds to music and detailing daytime shelling and flank maneuvers near Loetzen.
Reports claim a British government order for large numbers of horses and mules. Patterson & Co’s Jacob W Patterson travels between Cincinnati and Toronto to manage horses shipped from Georgia yards. Dealers deny any confirmed 10 000 head mule and 1 000 horse order, noting broad supply from multiple dealers if prices stay fair.
Austrian ambassador to the United States Dr Constantin Dumba vehemently rejects Russian and Rome sourced reports about Austrian campaigns in Galicia and Russian Poland. He calls claims of massive Austrian losses and swift collapses exaggerated lies and asserts Austria-Hungary mobilized with broad public support and will fight to defend the empire and emperor.
Robert Lee Avery 16 of Eatonton Ga died after six weeks of typhoid fever ending in blood poisoning. Funeral from his home led by Rev J J L Hall and burial at Wesley Chapel West Point Ga. Glenn McCulloh, wealthy farmer of Lee County Alabama, died at his father C H McCulloh’s home near Beulah. Survived by father two brothers Dr JH McCulloh and Mark McCulloh and three sisters. burial at Pinewood cemetery tomorrow morning.
Miss Lillie Farrar of Dawson Georgia dies at home after illness lasting months. She was the eldest daughter of the late Jorn George W Farrar and is survived by two sisters Miss Beulah Farrar of Dawson and Mrs. G G Bond of Atlanta along with several nephews and nieces.
Nat Bradford of Pelham Georgia dies at 71 after long illness at his home. Interment Sunday at 10 in the city cemetery. Etoy Parkman, 23, dies at her Hapeville residence. Survived by mother Ruth Parkman sisters Mrs HH Oden and Ruth, and brother FH Parkman. Mrs Georgia Andrews, 65, dies at residence 3 Oakland Avenue in Bedaprelock.
Four month old Hugh B Palmer son of Mr and Mrs L H Palmer died at their residence 300 Lee Street on Friday. Survived by five daughters and five sisters and two brothers.
Reuters Antwerp correspondent reports a German aeroplane yesterday dropped a projectile in Antwerp injuring four men in the street. The projectile’s nature was not ascertained.
The Georgia Society intends to buy cotton as several firms and individuals list their purchases. Partin Manufacturing of Chicago ordered 1000 bales at 10 cents per pound, with others such as Quaker Oats in Chicago and Ford Motor’s HS Abbott among buyers. The Savannah Board of Trade will handle the deal through its network including the Georgia delegation and various companies, as arrangements expand to two bales per store for the two dozen southern outlets.
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